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Yasmina Khadra: Yasmina Khadra is the pen name of the Algerian author Mohammed Moulessehoul. He is the author of more than 20 novels, including The Swallows of Kabul and The Attack, both shortlisted for the IMPAC literary award. Khadra s work has been published in 45 countries. He has twice been honoured by the Academie francaise, winning both the Medaille de vermeil (2001) and Grand Prix de litterature (2012). The New York Times describes Khadra as 'a writer who can understand man wherever he is'.
Praise for Yasmina Khadra: 'A writer who can understand man wherever he is' New York Times 'Khadra's prose is gentle and precise' The New Yorker 'Khadra belongs in the ranks of those writers - J.M. Coetzee, for example - who make violence into art' Lenora Todaro, New York Times Book Review 'Khadra brings us deep into the hearts and minds of people living in unspeakable mental anguish.' L A Times 'Superb' Publishers Weekly 'Disturbing and mesmerizing' San Francisco Chronicle 'Riveting ... Spare, taut, and pristinely clear prose ... An uncanny knack for making moral tension palpable ... Extraordinarily moving.' The Philadelphia Inquirer 'World-class' Rosie Goldsmith, The Independent 'A skilled storyteller working at the height of his powers.'TLS Le Figaro calls this novel 'a tragic sentimental education ... [Khadra] effortlessly evokes and explains a symbolically charged period of history through page-turning fiction'
